These are the two bungling robbers who held up a pizza parlour and subjected staff to a petrifying ordeal – all for £15 in change.

Ben Bowdery, 36, of Baynards Close in Truro, and Rohan Glenister, 20, of no fixed abode, appeared at Truro Crown Court to be sentenced on Friday after both admitted charges of robbery and attempted robbery relating to their ill-fated raid at Domino’s Pizza in Killigrew Street, Falmouth on May 2.

Police released the images this morning.

Prosecuting barrister Philip Lee told the court how, in the early hours of May 2, staff at Domino’s became aware of two men entering together before moving into the staff area.

Mr Lee said: “It was there that Ben Bowdery threatened two members of staff demanding money saying ‘do you want to get cut?’ before putting a six inch craft knife to the face of Oliver Etchells, scratching him and causing a six centimetre cut to his cheek.

“Bowdery then repeated the threats saying ‘I’m going to knife you’ and became involved in some physical contact with another member of staff, Morrissey Mieszek-Bryan, who suffered a red mark across his torso as a result of the encounter.”

Ben Bowdery

Mr Lee added that the pair were arrested shortly after at Bowdery’s home address in Truro where Bowdery was also found in possession of around 20 grams of cannabis.

Mr Etchells and Mr Mieszek-Bryan were understandably both left shaken as a result of the ordeal.

The court also heard how on January 18 Bowdery was part of a group who attended an address in Truro inside which there were two males, a female and a child.

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Bowdery has a string of previous convictions including assaults and carrying a bladed article, but none since the early 2000s. Glenister has one theft conviction from 2013.

For Bowdery, Chris Spencer reiterated that he had not been in trouble for quite some time, but went off the rails when his marriage broke down following a miscarriage.

Domino's Pizza in Killigrew Street, Falmouth, was targeted by Bowdery and Glenister in May this year

Mr Spencer added that Bowdery recalled very little of the events in Domino’s due to the amount he had consumed, but was keen to apologise to all involved. He also said that Bowdery thought he must have found the craft knife while inside the premises.

Mitigating for Glenister, Nicholas Bradley said that he was 19 at the time of the offence and wasn’t the lead instigator during the Domino’s robbery.

He said: “The documentation suggests that at the time of offending Mr Glenister was going through the emotional trauma of the breakdown of a relationship as well as the effects of his troubled upbringing.

“He was in a situation when he was vulnerable to be lead into a situation that he may not have otherwise become involved in.”

Mr Bradley described Glenister’s decision not to surrender to the courts for an earlier hearing as “a serious mistake”.

Rohan Glenister photographed aged 10 having a go on the unicycle with help from Blossom the Clown

Sentencing Bowdery and Glenister, Judge Simon Carr described the crimes as “a series of serious offending”.

He said: “You both went into Domino’s Pizza in Falmouth - a premises you had clearly targeted.

“Ben Bowdery, you were carrying a knife and you both forced your way into the staff area and threatened staff with injury if they didn’t hand over the money they had.”

Judge Carr went onto describe the knife being pressed into the face of Mr Etchells, saying that they would have been utterly terrified.

He added: “I accept it was you Bowdery who was carrying the knife, but I cannot ignore you Glenister egging him on to carry out the attack. You both fled with a tiny amount of money.”

Judge Carr said that Bowdery’s attempt to make up a cover story and then blame someone else for the earlier incident was “a particularly grave offence”.

Addressing Glenister he said: “You’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia and anyone would have sympathy with what you’ve been through in your life and the challenges you’ve faced.”

Judge Carr jailed Bowdery for a total of five years in prison for the various offences and Glenister for two-and-a-half years in a Young Offenders’ Institution.